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January 8, 2021

Porn Baron Hamid “Ray” Akhavan arrested again for violation of pretrial release

January 7, 2020, was a productive day in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Russian hacker Andrei Tyurin was sentenced to 12 years in prison as an accomplice to Israeli cybercrime supervillain Gery Shalon, who was also charged. He had previously pleaded guilty. In parallel, Hamid "Ray" Akhavan and his German partner Ruben Wiegand, charged with money laundering and bank fraud, had a trial. Akhavan was rearrested for violating pretrial release conditions.
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July 22, 2020

Wirecard – Braun and 3 others arrested; Phony merchants, a porn baron, marijuana, and transaction laundering

In March 2020, the German payment expert Ruben Weigand and the so-called "porn baron" Hamid “Ray” Akhavan have been arrested in California on charges of running a global money-laundering scheme. The center of this scheme is one of the largest on-demand marijuana marketplaces in the US, Eaze Technologies Inc. Both pleaded not guilty but remained in custody at a jail in California. Both have already been involved in the mega-money-laundering scheme of FBME Bank. And yes, there is a rather close connection to Wirecard. Consequently, Markus Braun war arrested again today.
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